Bill Text: MS SB2503 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Offender cell phone use; MDOC commissioner authorized to operate electronic system to block such use.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Failed) 2013-02-05 - Died In Committee [SB2503 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2013-SB2503-Introduced.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2013 Regular Session

To: Corrections

By: Senator(s) Gollott

Senate Bill 2503

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 47-5-192, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE COMMISSIONER OF THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS TO OPERATE ANY SYSTEM APPROVED BY THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION TO BLOCK UNAUTHORIZED WIRELESS COMMUNICATION BY AN OFFENDER WITHIN A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

     SECTION 1.  Section 47-5-192, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     47-5-192.  (1)  The Commissioner of Corrections may prohibit the possession by employees or officers of the Department of Corrections or any person allowed upon the premises of a correctional facility under his jurisdiction of any item, the possession of which by offenders is prohibited or regulated.

     (2)  The commissioner may distinguish between classes of employees and visitors and may establish zones or designate areas or facilities where such regulations apply in his discretion and as necessary for security and orderly operation of prison facilities.

     (3)  The commissioner may operate any system approved by the Federal Communications Commission that intercepts or otherwise prevents an offender from using an unauthorized wireless communication device.

     ( * * *34)  The commissioner shall promulgate rules authorized by this section in accordance with the Mississippi Administrative Procedures Act.

     ( * * *45)  Any person who violates a duly enacted rule authorized by this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one (1) year or by a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or both.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

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